Course Title: Foreign Policy Analysis

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1 1 Course ID Number: DCC5060 Course Title: Foreign Policy Analysis No. of Credits: 2 credits Graduate School of International Relations International University of Japan Fall 2011 Instructor: Myoe, Maung Aung koko@iuj.ac.jp Office: 305 Phone: 407 Course Introduction This course deals with the issues in foreign policy making from a broad comparative perspective. It studies the ways states formulate their foreign policies and how these policies are implemented. The course also examines external and internal factors that shape states foreign policies, how states interact and why foreign policy choices may differ between states. It analyzes not only the political system but also cultural and historical factors that influence the foreign policy decision-making. The course will cover the following themes.

2 2 DCC Foreign Policy Analysis (October 2011) This course deals with the issues in foreign policy making from a broad comparative perspective. It studies the ways states formulate their foreign policies and how these policies are implemented. The course also examines external and internal factors that shape states foreign policies, how states interact and why foreign policy choices may differ between states. It analyzes not only the political system but also cultural and historical factors that influence the foreign policy decision-making. The course will cover the following themes. (1) International Politics, Foreign Policy, and Level of Analysis (2) Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (3) Rational Actor Model in Foreign Policy (4) Bureaucracies and Organizations in Foreign Policy (5) Groupthink in Foreign Policy (6) Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy (7) Game Theories and Foreign Policy (8) Foreign Policy Crises (9) Foreign Policy Making in Europe (10) Foreign Policy Making in the Third World Each class will be divided into two; lecture will be followed by paper presentation and class discussion. Students should be aware that class participation is important and every student is required to engage in paper presentation. An essay of words on a topic relevant to the course will be assigned. There is a final examination at the end of the term. Students will be graded as follows: Class participation and presentation - 40% Essay - 30% Final Examination - 30% Date of assignment for essay 11 November 2011 Date for submission for Essay 9 December 2011 Date for Examinations 16 December 2011 Selected Reading Materials t Hart, Paul and et al. (ed.). Beyond Groupthink: Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy-making (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997) Allison, Graham T. and Philip Zelikow, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2 nd edition (Longman, 1999)

3 3 Anceschi, Luca. Turkmenistan s Foreign Policy: Positive neutrality and the Consolidation of the Turkmen Regime (London: Routledge, 2009) Beaseley, Ryan Juliet Kaarbo, Jeffrey S. Lantis, and Michael T. Snarr, Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (CQ Press, 2002) Bicchi, Federica. European Foreign Policy Making Toward the Mediterranean (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) Breuning, Marijke. Foreign Policy Analysis: A Comparative Introduction (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007) Chachavalpongpun, Pavin. Reinventing Thailand: Thaksin and His Foreign Policy (Singapore: ISEAS, 2010) Dougherty, James E. & Robert Pfalzgraff Jr.. Contending Theories of International Relations: A Comprehensive Survey, 5th Edition (Longman, 2000) Goldstein, Judith and Robert Keohane (ed.). Ideas and Foreign Policy: Beliefs, Institutions, and Political Change (Cornell University Press, 1993) Haacke, Jurgen. Myanmar's Foreign Policy: Domestic Influences and International Implications (London: Routledge, 2006) Hill, Christopher. The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003) Holsti, K. J. Why Nations Realigned? (Unwin Hyman, 1982) Janis, Irving L. Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2 nd edition, 1982) Jervis, Robert. Perception and Misperception in International Politics (Princeton University Press, 1976) Jonson, Lena. Tajikistan in the New Central Asia: Geopolitics, Great Power Rivalry and Radical Islam (London: I.B. Tauris, 2009) Karrar, Hasan H. The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War (University of British Columbia Press, 2010) Khong Yuen Foong. Analogies at War (Princeton University Press, 1992) Mankoff, Jeffrey. Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Council on Foreign Relations Books (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009) May, Ernest R. Lessons of the Past: the Use and Misuse of History in American Foreign Policy (London: Oxford University Press, 1973) Mingst, Karen and Jack Snyder (ed.). Essential Readings in World Politics, third edition (W. W. Norton, 2007) Nair, Shanti. Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy (London: Routledge, 1997) Neack, Laura. The New Foreign Policy: US and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 20 th Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) Nye Jr., Joseph S. Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History, 7 th edition (Longman, 2008)

4 4 Richardson, James L. Crisis Diplomacy: The Great Powers since the Mid-Nineteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 1994) Shinoda, Tomohito. Koizumi Diplomacy: Japan's Kantei Approach to Foreign and Defense Affairs (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007) Skuma, Rizal. Islam in Indonesia Foreign Policy (Rutledge, 2008) Smith, Karen E. The Making of EU Foreign Policy: the Case of Eastern Europe. (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) Stein, Arthur. Why Nations Cooperate: Circumstance and Choice in International Relations (Cornell University Press, 1990) Tuchman, Barbara W. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (New York: Ballantine Books, 1984) Cooper F. Andrew & Timothy M. Shaw. The Diplomacies of Small State: Between Vulnerability and Resilience (London: Palgrave Macmillan: 2009) Dhillon, Karminder Singh. Malaysian Foreign Policy in the Mahathir Era (Singapore: NUS Press, 2009) Reading List for Weekly Discussion (Week-1) International Politics, Foreign Policy, and Level of Analysis (7 October 2011) (No reading and Presentation) (Week-2) Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (14 October 2011) (1) Jeffrey Checkel. Ideas, Institutions, and the Gorbachev Foreign Policy Revolution, World Politics (Vol. 45, No. 2; January 1993) (3) David J. Brule. Explaining and Forecasting Leaders Decisions: A Poliheuristic Analysis of the Iran Hostage Rescue Decision, International Studies Perspectives (Vol. 6; 2005) (Week-3) Rational Actor Model in Foreign Policy (21 October 2011) (1) Allison and Philip Zelikow. The Cuban Missile Crisis: First Cut in Essence of Decision (New York: Longman, 2nd edition, 1999) chapter (2) (2) Ben D. Mor. Nasser s Decision-Making in the 1967 Middle East Crisis: A Rational Choice Explanation Journal of Peace Research (Vol. 3, No. 2; November 1991) (3) Steven B. Redd. The Influence of Advisers and decision Strategies on Foreign Policy Choices: President Clinton s Decision to Use Force in Kosovo, International Studies Perspectives (Vol. 6; 2005) (Week-4) Bureaucracies and Organizations in Foreign Policy (28 October 2011) (1) Steve A Yetiv. Testing the Government Politics Model: US Decision Making in the Persian Gulf Crisis, Security Studies (Vol. 11, No. 2; Winter 2001) (2) Allison and Philip Zelikow. The Cuban Missile Crisis: Second Cut in Essence of Decision (New York: Longman, 2nd edition, 1999) chapter (4)

5 5 (3) Allison and Philip Zelikow. The Cuban Missile Crisis: Second Cut in Essence of Decision (New York: Longman, 2nd edition, 1999) chapter (6) (Week-5) Groupthink in Foreign Policy (4 November 2011) (1) Steve A Yetiv. Groupthink and the Gulf Crisis, British Journal of Political Science (Vol. 33, No.3; July 2003) (2) Scot MacDonald. Hitler s Shadow: Historical Analogies and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, Diplomacy and Statecraft (Vol. 13, No. 4; December 2002) (3) Dina Badie. Groupthink, Iraq, and the War on Terror: Explaining US Policy Shift toward Iraq, Foreign Policy Analysis (Vol. 6, No. 4; 2010) (Week-6) Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy (11 November 2011) (1) Jack Levy. Domestic Politics and War, Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Vol. 18, No. 4; Spring 1988) (2) Benjamin I. Page and Jason Barabas. Foreign Policy Gaps between Citizens and Leaders, International Studies Quarterly (Vol. 44, No. 3; September 2000) (3) Pavin Chachavalpongpun. Diplomacy under Siege: Thailand s Political Crisis and the Impact on Foreign Policy, Contemporary Southeast Asia (Vol. 31, No. 3; 2009) (Week-7) Game Theories and Foreign Policy (18 November 2011) (1) Peter F. Trumbore and Mark A. Boyer, International Crisis Decisionmaking as a Two-Level Process, Journal of Peace Research (Vol. 37, No. 6; November 2000) (2) Ma Ngok. The Sino-British Dispute over Hong Kong: A Game Theory Interpretation, Asian Survey (Vol. 37, No. 8; August 1997) (Week-8) Decision-Making in International Political Crises (25 November 2011) (1) Robert J. Beck. Munich s Lessons Reconsidered, International Security (Vol. 14, No. 2; Fall 1989) (2) Scott D Sagan, The Origins of the Pacific War, Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Vol. 18, No. 4; Spring 1988) (3) Steve A. Yetiv. The Absence of Grand Strategy: the United States in the Persian Gulf (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), pp (Week-9) Foreign Policy Making in Europe (2 December 2011) (1) Christopher Hill. Elites in European Foreign Policy-Making: Consensus and Competition, Review of Sociology (Vol. 14. No. 1, 2008); Per Stig Moller. European Foreign Policy in the Making, Brown Journal of World Affairs (Vol. 9, No. 2; Winter/Spring 2003) (2) Tor Bukkvoll. Putin s Strategic Partnership with the West: The Domestic Politics of Russian Foreign Policy, Comparative Strategy (Vol. 22, No. 3; 2003) (3) Yukiko Miyagi. Foreign Policy Making Under Koizumi: Norms and Japan s Role in the 2003 Iraq War, Foreign Policy Analysis (Vol. 5, No. 4; 2009)

6 6 (Week-10) Foreign Policy Making in the Third World (9 December 2011) (1) Ali E. Hillal Dessouki and Karen Abul Kheir. Foreign Policy as a Strategic National Asset: the Case of Jordan, in Bahgat Korany and Ali E. Hillal Dessouki (ed.) The Foreign Polices of Arab States (New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2010), pp (2) Rizal Sukma. Islam in Indonesian Foreign Policy (London: Routledge, 2006), Chapter 2 &3, pp (3) Chen Zhimin. Nationalism, Internationalism and Chinese Foreign Policy, Journal of Contemporary China (Vol. 13; February 2005)